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Myrtle Yellow Rumped Warbler today
March 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.
March 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Had a visit from a sharpie today. Lil friend was no more than 40 feet from me and my kiddo. Sharpie was interested in the chickadee party in my neighbor's yard. While the view is terrible, I saw the hood of the sharp-shinned and was surprised at how small it was. Good #bird day!
March 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Northern harrier on patrol. Trivia: like owls, they use sound to hunt. Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Preserve next to San Francisco Bay, Mountain View, California. #birds 🐦
March 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Found a new lifer for me! I love this photo of the Eurasian and American wigeons side by side. (Forgive the potato quality)
February 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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This sounds like a GREAT program -- let's have some more of this!

(h/t Ysabet)

Portland pays homeless residents to clean up the city's trash. They've collected over 1 million pounds www.goodgoodgood.co/...
Portland pays homeless residents to clean up the city's trash. They've collected over 1 million pounds
Currently or formerly homeless workers get paid $20-29 an hour and have access to an array of benefits.
www.goodgoodgood.co
February 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I'd love to see either @aoc.bsky.social or @petebuttigieg.bsky.social follow up on this idea:
February 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Male fragility. Boy wants to grope his secretary again. 🤢

www.thepinknews.com/2025/02/11/m...
What does Meta's 'move to masculinity' mean for LGBTQ+ workers?
Hot on the heels of Elon Musk and Donald Trump denouncing the “woke mind virus”, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is throwing his two cents in.
www.thepinknews.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Checkout this feature on Lifehacker 🥰
Bluesky Now Has Its Own Version of TikTok
Bluesky, like other social media apps, allows users to post videos. Bluescreen isolates those videos and delivers them in a never-ending feed, similar to TikTok.
lifehacker.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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"Nineteen Republican attorneys general called on Issaquah-based Costco Wholesale to end its workforce diversity policies after the bulk retailer became one of the few companies to defend its practice."
GOP attorneys general call on Costco to end DEI programs
The Issaquah-based retailer is facing challenges to its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
www.seattletimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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More of this messaging, please.
Who will be harmed by President Trump’s lawless and unconstitutional OMB directive?

Kids enrolled in Head Start.

Senior citizens who rely on Meals on Wheels.

And countless American families.
Meals on Wheels America spox on OMB pause:

"the uncertainty right now is creating chaos for local Meals on Wheels providers not knowing whether they should be serving meals today. Which unfortunately means seniors will panic not knowing where their next meals will come from."
January 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Americans voted for cheaper groceries. Less than a week on the job and Trump's already managed to get us into a trade war that will drive up the cost of coffee and be a gut-punch to American farmers and manufacturers, all because Colombia hurt his feelings.
axios.com Axios @axios.com · Jan 26
After President Trump hit Colombia with tariffs, President Gustavo Petro said his government will "raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%"
Columbia hits back at Trump by moving to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products
The U.S. is Colombia's largest trade and investment partner, per the State Department.
www.axios.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Perfect! Not only do I love Costco and Meijer, but I just spent 12 1/2 hours working concessions at the circus (travel hockey moms will understand) and we shared a stand with Auntie Anne’s. I ate my weight in pretzels!
These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business.

Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans
January 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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So Target got real comfy thinking us millennial moms won’t take our basic girl bits to Costco & Aldi after they cut DEI programs to satisfy the new administration.

Big mistake. Huge.
January 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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In 1969, newly elected president Richard Nixon resolved to defund PBS and use the money to wage war in Vietnam.

Fred Rogers was summoned to testify before Congress, and what he said that day changed the course of history.

A thread:
January 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Democratic Party needs to get out of this woman's way.
AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.
January 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Here is a photo of a trans non-binary biologist (me) holding a bird (Eastern Towhee) that is likely a bilateral gynandromorph-- a fusion of cells with female-type chromosomes and cells with male-type chromosomes in one bird!

Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️‍⚧️
January 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM